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Smoking, chewing or snuffing tobacco and nicotine-based products may be perceived as ‘cool’ for some onlookers, but it is not, and these leaves in any form, be it cigarettes, cigars, snuff can play havoc with one’s health, at any age! Tobacco is a widespread epidemic costing millions of lives worldwide annually and it may be astonishing that even those...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to legendary Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar on his birth anniversary, saying his timeless poems will continue to inspire all citizens. "Humble tributes to 'rashtra kavi' Ramdhari Singh Dinkar ji on his birth anniversary. His timeless poems will continue to inspire not only literature-lovers but all countrymen," Modi tweeted in Hindi. Born at...

Finance ministry sources have countered CAG audit finding of central government wrongly retaining Rs 47,272 crore of GST compensation cess meant for states, saying temporary retention cannot be termed as diversion. Days after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagged that the Centre in the first two years of the GST implementation wrongly retained GST compensation cess that was meant...

Putting an end to worries of high schoolers, Crimson Pathfinder is providing help to applicants quantify the value of their activities in preparation to apply to competitive universities and colleges. As college admissions become more competitive, high school students are looking for innovative ways to prepare for college. They want to know what looks good on college applications and what...

Indian Government has a Ministry of Commerce & Industry to safeguard the matters related to Commerce & Industry. As these matters are multidimensional, multi-layered, complicated and complex, its issues need to be addressed at various levels. While Ministries look after the well-being of Industry, Chambers of Commerce & Industry act as a watchdog for the industry. These are not-for-profit organisations,...

MSMEs must focus on Efficient & Innovative Technologies for Energy Conservation & Saving to Enhance the competitiveness – Deepak Saxena MD MP Urja Vikas Nigam in a webinar on Energy efficiency. Industries can reduce the cost of production by using innovative techniques and tools in energy savings said Mr Deepak Saxena while speaking in a webinar on Energy Efficiency in...

In light of the recent budget announcement on Vehicle Scrappage Policy and expectations on various policy regulations and notifications, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) today conducted its 10th Lecture Series on, “Imperatives of ELV Recycling: Indian ELVs Guidelines & Basel Ban Amendment 2019”, virtually in New Delhi. With a focus on sustainable material management and environmentally safe disposals,...

By Rahul Avasthy. Rahul Avasthy is a renowned expert in digital transformation and customer experience. He is based out of Chicago, United States of America working for a multinational Fortune 150 company. Rahul specializes in complex problem-solving via design thinking, service design methodologies, and actively speaks on digital transformation. It’s important to note that ‘Digital Transformation’ brings an irreversible change.In future,...

India's contribution will be critical to fighting COVID-19, especially when it comes to making vaccines for the whole world, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday, assuring that the government has accorded top-most priority to research and manufacturing to ensure that the vaccine reaches the last person. He made the remarks while virtually addressing the World Bank-IMF annual meeting on...

New Delhi, 8th June 2020: Broadband India Forum (BIF), the leading independent Think-Tank and Policy Forum for Digital Communications in the country, hailed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) response dated 5th June 2020, to the DoT Back Reference to the earlier TRAI recommendations to the Government on Proliferation of Broadband through Public Wi-Fi Networks;...